Borders Book Festival

The Border Book Festival
11-14 June 2026

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Join us for a fun-filled weekend for all ages at the Family Book Festival. Come and explore around The Orchard – it’s a beautiful family-friendly space to relax and have fun in - and all accompanying adults go free!
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From artificial intelligence to historical truth telling, national leadership to global uncertainty, this year’s current affairs events bring together some of the most compelling voices in public life to help make sense of a fast-changing world.
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Round off your Festival weekend with a varied selection of events - simply because you can, it’s fun, and you deserve it.

> HELENE VON BISMARCK: https://t.co/Um4M8Ojeye
> TOM SERVICE: https://t.co/FiiImB83uY
DOWN IN LAUREL CANYON: https://t.co/ytGd0nEQ8k

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Join us for a full day in two weeks and enjoy a wee selection of events in-between ice creams, coffee, and delicious treats from our Orchard Food Village.

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH: https://t.co/yWEJQWLqca
PAM AYRES: https://t.co/LRXToyO2sw
NATALIE HAYNES: https://t.co/nURHrHjX0M

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Featured fstival events on Friday 12 June:
> ANDREW O'HAGAN: https://t.co/K0HgYahz5v
> LEN PENNIE: https://t.co/EavivqqG2R
> JAYWALKERS: https://t.co/JukgqeFG51

WEBSITE: https://t.co/oRQufEvOMx
DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME: https://t.co/TRxPWm8y1x
JOIN E-NEWS: https://t.co/VMgE7AxIxG

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This year’s Festival begins in exactly two weeks’, so now is a great time to plan your visit. There are still plenty of events for you to attend.
THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE: https://t.co/OCsAm8IeZc
STUART MACONIE: https://t.co/oAUnkpyS65
HORSE-TRIO: https://t.co/UpmS2FlXLk

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Firebrand presents Ungetatable, inspired by Eileen O'Shaughnessy who married George Orwell. A haunting radio play of global threat, spoken by a mysterious woman seeking truth.
TICKETS: https://t.co/5HC3e0RNmQ

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Listen out for our adverts on festival media sponsors TD9 Radio and TD1 Radio over the next few days, leading up to our opening night on Thursday 11 June. Recorded this afternoon in Hawick and featuring Festival Director Alistair Moffat and his granddaughter Grace.

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Renowned stylist and TV presenter Nicky Hambleton-Jones shares expert secrets on looking fabulous at any age. With warmth and wit, she champions confidence in her book 'Bolder Not Older'.
TICKETS: https://t.co/CuCBuAQzzA

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Two outstanding crime writers join forces for a gripping event of secrets, lies and deadly consequences. Together they discuss suspense, moral choices and why crime fiction remains one of the sharpest ways to explore power, class and human nature.

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We’re thrilled to welcome the BBC to the festival with two special events taking place on Thursday and Friday.
Tickets are FREE from the links below:

LOOSE ENDS / THU 11 JUNE / 2.45pm
TICKETS: https://t.co/2VGMSR48Jh
BOOKCLUB / FRI 12 JUNE / 1.30pm
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Sally Magnusson hosts as Rory Bremner, Larry Lamb, Helen McGinn and Denise Mina face the black chair in a special festival showdown, tackling general knowledge and specialist subjects.

TICKETS: https://t.co/7UKum1Doxa

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With over 13,000 tickets already snapped up, the 2026 Borders Book Festival will once again be the place to be seen in June. Tickets still available for most events.
WEBSITE: https://t.co/oRQufEvOMx
BOX OFFICE: https://t.co/J5FLWOJ9RD
DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME: https://t.co/TRxPWm8y1x

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Secure your place in the history books this year.
We’ve some outstanding events for history lovers and booking couldn’t be easier.

Tickets: https://t.co/oRQufEvOMx

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Best known for his roles in EastEnders and Gavin & Stacey, the actor and presenter reveals a different side of himself as he shares his own poetry alongside stories from a career spanning several decades. Expect to laugh - and quite possibly cry.
TICKETS: https://t.co/E9kKil9L5n

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Our festival wouldn’t be the same without live music.

HORSE - TRIO / THU 11 JUNE / 8.30pm / https://t.co/UpmS2FlXLk
JAYWALKERS / FRI 12 JUNE / 8.30pm / https://t.co/JukgqeFG51
DOWN IN LAUREL CANYON / SUN 14 JUNE / 7.30pm / https://t.co/ytGd0nEQ8k

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Her journey from child prodigy to the best in the world was not a straight line. Eve tells a story of hidden adversity, inner doubt and external pressure on the journey to becoming a national icon and one of Scotland’s greatest athletes.

TICKETS: https://t.co/zVpOtSS5Qx

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Could a chef ever have been so appropriately named? Tom weaves a warming family tale around the creation of one of Scotland’s leading gastropubs, The Scran & Scallie in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge.
TICKETS: https://t.co/g8BsWBvzMY

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Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister, reflects on a life at the very centre of political change. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the most significant political figures of our time.
In conversation with Gavin Esler.
TICKETS: https://t.co/k03aaSUJ5O

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We’ve committed the perfect crime...

Presenting our formidable line-up of crime fiction authors booked for you this year - with Steph McGovern, Chris Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone, Denise Mina and Heidi Amsinck.

TICKETS: https://t.co/J5FLWOJ9RD